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Animal Hospice Education
and Support for
Better End-of-Life Care

ABOUT ANIMAL HOSPICE CERTIFICATION

Animal Hospice Group (AHG) is here for you.

When animal companions approach end of life, their humans can feel helpless, unsure, and inadequate. How can we support them best? How can we help families? The Animal Hospice Group is committed to certifying, educating, and helping veterinary team members, practitioners, professionals, and caregivers for better animal end-of-life care. Our goal is to provide comfort for them, and confidence for you.

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Certification

Get certified in
Animal Hospice Care.

How It Works

Internship

Get hands-on experience
with expert mentors.

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Helpline

Apply your knowledge
by helping others.

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Education

Access online lessons and
live discussion groups.

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Blog / Continuing Education

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Letting Go of Guilt in Animal Hospice Care

Nov 18, 2023

Participating Affiliates

Learn more - join our Affiliate Community!

Animal Hospice Group Affiliate - BrightHaven
www.brighthaven.org

Center for Animal Rescue, Hospice, and Holistic Education

www.jaustinphotography.com

Thank you Julie for sharing your beautiful photos!

Animal Hospice Group Affiliate - Veterinary Wisdom
www.veterinarywisdom.com

Home of ClayPaws® Kits and the Veterinary Wisdom® Resource Center

Animal Hospice Group Affiliate - Veterinary Wisdom
www.petcloud.pet

Virtual Grief Support and Community for Pet Loss

Animal Hospice Group Affiliate - Veterinary Wisdom
www.caretakers-acc.com

Compassionate At Home Services Because a Lifetime of Loyalty Deserves The Best End of Life

Animal Hospice Group Affiliate - Animal Communication Insights
www.animalcommunicationinsights.com

Animal communication to help pet parents understand how their pets think and feel

Animal Hospice Group Affiliate - Holistic Actions!
www.holisticactions.com

Optimize Resilience & Happiness in Your Pet with Positive & Practical Holistic Pet Care Support

Animal Hospice Group Affiliate - Holistic Actions!
www.animalreikisource.com

Animal-Guided Healing Through the Let Animals Lead® Method of Animal Reiki

Better Care - Options Are Available

The death of an animal companion is painful for caregivers and difficult for practitioners. Even veterinarians have expressed feelings of inadequacy and not knowing what to say. What options are there? Families are often given only three choices: expensive surgeries, short-term medications, or euthanasia. Animal Hospice Group believes we can do better for practitioners, caregivers, and especially...our animal companions. 

At AHG, we are here to help.

Animal Hospice Group - Lily

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“If you go through this process [hospice-supported natural death] with courage and grace, I promise that you will no longer fear death, and your perspective on life will be forever changed to one of acceptance and peace. What greater legacy can our animals leave us?”

~ Gail Pope, AHG Founder

Be the Best -
Learn from the Best!

Our goal is to educate (through our online instruction) as well as to train, equip, and mentor you to become certified in Animal Hospice Care.

Training includes an AHG Internship as you support families and caregivers through our AHG Helpline. This gives you the opportunity to help while you are supported by expert mentors. 

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Confidence for You -
Comfort for Them

At AHG, we offer a broad range of knowledge backed by 100+ years of experience.  We have developed emotionally rewarding approaches for animal hospice care and certification. You will learn what to consider and recommend, then how to proceed. Through teaching, training, mentoring, and practice you can build confidence in the comfort you provide.

Animal Hospice Group - Ella with kittys Johnnie and Pepito
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When You Join Animal Hospice Group

You’ll Experience...

  • Expert mentors with diverse backgrounds
  • A community and a network you can trust
  • Internship and certification opportunities
  • A mix of live discussion groups and work-on-your-own lessons
  • Confidence with clients and families
  • Proven end-of-life options
  • Better care and comfort for caregivers
  • Specific processes for hospice care
  • Emotionally rewarding work

 

Meet Our Founders

Animal Hospice Group - Amir Shanan
Amir Shanan

AHG Founder

Amir's Profile
Animal Hospice Group - Kathryn Marocchino
Kathryn Marocchino

AHG Founder

Kathryn's Profile
Animal Hospice Group - Gail Pope
Gail Pope

AHG Founder

Gail's Profile
Animal Hospice Group - Michelle Nichols
Michelle Nichols

AHG Founder

Michelle's Profile
Animal Hospice Group - Quote

"Animal hospice means seeing through the veil and viewing death not as an adversary to be feared but as a doorway to other states of being."

~ Dr. Kathryn D. Marocchino, AHG Founder

We are building a network of certified instructors, mentors, and fellows through live and online instruction. Whether you’re an animal practitioner or a caregiver, we have the information you need to love animals to the very end.

 

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